Bill Text: NY S06265 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to allowing alcoholic beverages as prizes in any game of chance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-11 - referred to racing and wagering [S06265 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06265-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6265
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 6, 2016
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and  Wager-
         ing
       AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to allowing alco-
         holic beverages as prizes in any game of chance
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 195-d of the general municipal law, as  amended  by
    2  chapter 637 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
    3    S  195-d.  Charge  for  admission and participation; amount of prizes;
    4  award of prizes. A fee may be charged by any licensee for  admission  to
    5  any  game  or  games  of chance conducted under any license issued under
    6  this article. The clerk or department may in its discretion fix a  mini-
    7  mum  fee.  With  the  exception  of  bell jars, coin boards, seal cards,
    8  merchandise boards, and raffles, every winner shall  be  determined  and
    9  every  prize shall be awarded and delivered within the same calendar day
   10  as that upon which the game was played. [No alcoholic beverage shall  be
   11  offered or given as a prize in any game of chance.]
   12    S  2.  Subdivision 3 of section 190-a of the general municipal law, as
   13  added by chapter 400 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   14    3. No person under the age of eighteen shall  be  permitted  to  play,
   15  operate  or  assist  in  any  raffle conducted pursuant to this section.
   16  WHERE ANY SUCH RAFFLE AWARDS A PRIZE CONTAINING ALCOHOL, NO PERSON UNDER
   17  THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE SHALL BE PERMITTED TO PLAY, OPERATE OR  ASSIST  IN
   18  SUCH RAFFLE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   19    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13029-02-5